Chess War Valéry Gaillard

This film will tell the story of these Soviet champions, of the faultless organization that produced, appraised and crafted them and the merciless struggle that they fought – and lost – against a young American prodigy. In this age of bilateral confrontation, every space, every gap needed to be fought over. Chess has frequently served as a metaphor for the activities of power, so much so that it’s a cliché. But never have ideology, arms and politics been so close to the edge of the chessboard as in late summer 1972, when Fischer the American and Spassky the Russian fought for the world crown. From the State Department to the Central Committee, from the American TV networks to the hierarchy of the KGB, all the tensions of the Cold War were concentrated on 64 varnished wood squares.
“The chess war” is, of course, a story of sport, propaganda and politics. It is also the story of a centuries-old game called chess...